Edtech Business

Financing

Language Learning Startup Raises $10M, Says COVID-19 Won’t Stop US Expansion

Mar 29 · Wade Tyler Millward

Early Learning

Report: COVID-19 Causes Wonderschool to Lay Off 75 Percent of Workforce

Mar 25

Assessments

A Lockdown Abroad Disrupts Testing at Home

Mar 23 · Tony Wan

Financing

Chicago-Based College Lender Boro Raises $12 Million

Mar 23

Mergers and Acquisitions

Instructure Sells to Thoma Bravo After Successful Tender Offer

Mar 23

Financing

Honorlock Raises $11.5 Million to Expand Online Proctoring Services

Mar 23

Edtech Business

COVID-19 to Force Bright Horizons to Temporarily Close Half of US Child Care Centers

Mar 18

Startups

Online YC Demo Day Includes a Byju’s Rival, Quiz Bowl App and Parenting Advice Platform

Mar 18 · Wade Tyler Millward

Financing

How Will Coronavirus Impact Education Technology Investments in 2020?

Mar 18 · Tony Wan

Mergers and Acquisitions

Brazilian Course Creation Platform to Buy Teachable to Grow in the U.S.

Mar 17

Financing

London Fund Emerge Education Closes $12.3M for Seed Fund

Mar 17

Edtech Business

Want to Help Schools Closed by COVID-19? Don’t Pitch Them Right Now.

Mar 16 · Tony Wan

Mergers and Acquisitions

Elsevier Acquires Performance-Based Assessment Provider Authess

Mar 15

Investors

Finland’s First Education Technology Fund, Sparkmind, Closes €40 Million

Mar 14 · Tony Wan

Kaleidoscope Raises $3 Million Series A to Match Students to Scholarships

Mar 12 · Wade Tyler Millward

Financing

Nepris Raises $5 Million Series A Round to Bring Field Trips to the Classroom

Mar 11 · Wade Tyler Millward

Financing

Paper, formerly GradeSlam, Raises $7.5 Million to Grow Beyond Online Tutoring

Mar 11 · Wade Tyler Millward

Mergers and Acquisitions

IXL Learning Makes Its 3rd Acquisition in as Many Years: Vocabulary.com

Mar 10

Mergers and Acquisitions

Blackboard to Sell Open LMS Product (Formerly Moodlerooms) for $31.7 Million

Mar 10 · Wade Tyler Millward

Events

SXSW EDU Is Called Off. But the Sessions and Parties Are Still Happening.

Mar 10 · Tony Wan

Financing

Coding Bootcamp Microverse Raises $3.2 Million Seed Round

Mar 9

Edtech Business

With the Internet of Things, Smart Dishwashers Can Give Kids Chores

Mar 9 · Wade Tyler Millward

Edtech Business

Analysts Watch for Coronavirus Impact on Edtech Stocks

Mar 5

Financing

French Coding Bootcamp Le Wagon Closes $19 Million Round

Mar 3

Financing

Talespin Raises $15 Million Series B to Boost VR Employee Training Programs

Mar 3

Mergers and Acquisitions

Voice-Based English Tutoring App MyBuddy Merges With a Friend: Edwin

Mar 3 · Tony Wan

Sponsored

How Do You Patent an Edtech Idea, Anyway?

Mar 2 · Christopher Yee

Financing

Roblox, a Platform Where Kids Build, Play and Sell Games, Raises $150 Million

Mar 2

Mergers and Acquisitions

ParentSquare Becomes a Parent Company After Acquiring School Communication App

Mar 2 · Wade Tyler Millward

Opinion

Education Is the New Healthcare, and Other Trends Shaping Edtech Investing

Feb 28 · John Rogers